A weekend spring storm that drenched San Francisco Bay area and closed northern California Mountain highways also set a single-day snowfall record for the season on Sunday Sierra Nevada,
By Sunday morning the wet weather system had mostly moved out of the state, but officials warned that roads would remain slick after about two feet (60 centimeters) of snow fell in some areas of the Sierra.
“Was the snowiest day of the 2023/2024 season in May on anyone’s winter bingo card?”. the University of California, Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab asked on social platform X.
Sunday’s 26.4 inches (67 centimeters) of snowfall eclipsed the second snowiest day of the season — March 3 — by 2.6 inches (6.6 centimeters), according to the lab.
Dangerous driving conditions Saturday led to the closure of several highways near Lake Tahoe, including Interstate 80 during Donner Summit.
Flood advisories issued for parts of Gulf regionUp to an inch (2.5 centimeters) of rain fell, while temperatures dropped into the 40s (about 5 degrees Celsius), the National Weather Service said. Wind gusts of up to 40 mph (64 kph) were reported Saturday near San Francisco.
The storm brought light rain and strong winds to Southern California.
Dry and hot conditions were expected throughout the week.